[1] Survey plan of the house prior to any alteration by Adam, c1763

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Arlington Street, number 19, London: unexecuted designs for an extension, and executed designs for interior decoration, for Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1763-66, (11)
      - Survey plans of the house prior to any alteration by Adam, c1763 (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/52

Purpose

[1] Survey plan of the house prior to any alteration by Adam, c1763

Aspect

Plan of the basement and parlour (ground) storeys of a three-bay wide townhouse, with a garden at the rear. The basement contains the kitchen and domestic rooms, and the ground floor contains an entrance lobby, a court above the kitchen reception rooms, and a bedchamber and dressing room

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of Ground Story / of Sir Laurence Dundas's House Arlington Street (in the hand of William Adam) / Servants Hall / Wash house / Area / Kitchen / Larder / Larder / Area / Butlers Room / Wine Vault / Laundry / Area / Stewards Room / House keepers / Plan of Parlour Story / Porters Hall / Court / Parlour / Drawing Room / Bed Chamr / Dressg Room / Garden / Green Park and some measurements given

Signed and dated

c1763
datable to c1763

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (526 x 366)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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